Palm WIRELESS KEYBOARD User Manual

Palm

™

Wireless Keyboard

Handbook

Copyright

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Palm, Inc. Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. All other brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.

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Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook.

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of this software. Palm, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as
a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on
other media to protect against data loss.

IMPORTANT Please read the End User Software License Agreement with this product before using the
accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the
End User Software License Agreement.

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Contents

About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Customizing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Changing general settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Connected Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Infrared (IR) Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Assigning applications to command key combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Changing layout settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Working with the pointer and the navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using the navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Viewing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Keyboard Navigation, Shortcuts and Special Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Keyboard function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Cursor movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menu commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Keyboard orientation (only for handhelds with landscape mode option) 10

Accent marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Characters, symbols, and punctuation marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Product Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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About This Book

This handbook describes how to customize settings to optimize your use of the
Palm™ Wireless Keyboard and the keyboard shortcuts that are available for quick
navigation and data entry.

Before using this handbook, install the software that came with the Palm Wireless
Keyboard.

Customizing the Keyboard

You can customize your keyboard using the options available in the keyboard
application on your handheld.

Changing general settings

The general settings control the interaction of the keyboard with the handheld.

To change general settings:

1. Tap the Home icon .

2. Tap the Keyboard icon .

3. Choose General from the pick list in the upper-right corner.

4. Change the settings.

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Customizing the Keyboard

Keyboard Driver

Key Clicks

Key Repeat Rate

Delay Until Repeat

Test Repeat
Settings

Connected Configuration

Connected Configuration displays information about the connection between the
keyboard and your handheld.

Select or deselect the check box to turn the keyboard driver
on or off. The default setting is on (selected).

Select the check box if you want to hear a click when you
press a key. You must also set the System Sound option in
General Preferences for your handheld to Low, Medium,
or High.

Drag the indicator to speed up or slow down the rate at
which a character is typed when you hold down the key.

Drag the indicator to lengthen or shorten the time between
typing the first key to repeat and the rate at which
subsequent repeated keys appear.

Test the repeat settings that you selected in this screen by
pressing and holding down a key.

NOTE

handheld, such as the Palm™ Ultra-Thin Keyboard and the Palm™ Portable
Keyboard. It is not for use with an infrared keyboard, such as the Palm™ Wireless
Keyboard.

Connected
Keyboard

This screen is for use with keyboards that physically connect to your

Select to enable support for the keyboard that is connected to
your handheld.

NOTE

this option is not checked, the handheld will attempt to perform a
HotSync
operation and check this box.

If a connected keyboard is attached to the handheld and

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operation. If this happens, cancel the HotSync

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